I had a fantastic time last week at Cabana Night and speaking about Agile Development with Sam Gentile's newly-founded Downtown Boston .NET User Group (aka Beantown .NET). Sam has posted some kind words about the talk and additional details on the subject.
Here are some pictures from Cabana Night at the Microsoft offices in Waltham:
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I spent the evening in the Enterprise Architecture room with Chris Pels and John Watson having some fantastic discussions with attendees. Topics ranged widely, including object-relational mapping, Application Blocks, logging, third-party tools, Virtual PC & Server, VS Team System and more.
The feedback we received was very positive, and if all goes well we could have Cabana Night II next spring. If you attended and have further feedback, be sure to let Thom Robbins know.
Code Camp II is approaching quickly! This weekend is certain to be fantastic. More registration slots have been opened, so please register if you haven't already.
In case you haven't heard, there will also be a book swap at Code Camp. Here's the description:
“Do you have any technical books that you no longer need? If they're in good shape (no dog ears, doodles/scribbles/highlights, and any companion CDs present) bring them along to Code Camp II and exchange them for a title more useful to you.
Hand in your book and receive a ticket good for the "purchase" of someone else's book. But be warned - once you hand your book over, it's fair game and available to anyone! We'll explain the details when you arrive.“
I'm working on finalizing my presentations:
- “What's New in Visual Studio 2005? Part I - Core and ASP.NET“
- “What's New in Visual Studio 2005? Part II - Team System“
- “Agile Development with .NET“
And one chalk talk (a no-PowerPoint group discussion - much like the Birds of a Feather concept):
- “Effective Development Practices in .NET”.
I'm looking forward to seeing many of you there!
-Chris